Chicken Wild Rice Dish Recipes

CHICKEN WILD RICE HOTDISH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a medium saucepan, combine the wild rice, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 2 cups water and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to a simmer, cover and cook until al dente, about 30 minutes. Drain the rice and set it aside.
• In a large pot, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the carrots, celery, onion and a pinch of salt and cook until the vegetables are softened, 12 to 15 minutes. Stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute. Mix together the chicken stock and cream in a measuring cup. Add a third of the stock mixture to the pot and cook until thickened slightly, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in another third of the mixture and cook another minute or two. Add the remaining third and cook until thickened, 3 to 4 minutes. The soup should coat the back of a spoon. Add the rosemary, black pepper and salt to taste. Taste and adjust the seasoning as desired.
• Mix the butter crackers and olive oil in a bowl. Set aside.
• In a 9-by-13-inch casserole dish, spread a third of the soup on the bottom of the dish. Spread half of the rice on top of the soup and follow with half of the shredded chicken spread across the rice. Repeat the layers, then top with the remaining third of the soup mixture. Top with the butter cracker mixture. Bake until bubbly, about 45 minutes. If the cracker topping is getting too browned, cover with foil.
• Garnish with chopped parsley and serve with ketchup on the side!

CONTEST-WINNING CHICKEN WILD RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender. Stir in the flour, salt and pepper until blended. Gradually stir in broth; bring to a boil. Boil and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened and bubbly. Stir in the cream, chicken, rice, mushrooms, pimientos and parsley; heat through. , Transfer to a greased 2-1/2-qt. baking dish. Sprinkle with almonds. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until bubbly.

WILD RICE CHICKEN BAKE

Steps:

• Place chicken in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Combine the rice mix with contents of seasoning packet, soup mix, water and butter. Pour over chicken. Cover and bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until chicken juices run clear.

CHICKEN WILD RICE DISH

Steps:

• In a stockpot, saute the first five ingredients in butter until tender. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Spoon into four greased 13x9-in. baking dishes. Cover and bake at 350° for 75 minutes. Uncover and bake 15 minutes longer or until heated through.

CLASSIC CHICKEN AND WILD RICE HOTDISH

Steps:

• Put the rice in a fine-mesh sieve and rinse it under cold running water, swishing the rice with your hand until the water runs clear. Transfer the rice to a medium bowl and add water to cover. Pour off any black bits or floating kernels, pour the rice back into the sieve to drain, then put it in a small saucepan. Add 1 1/4 cups water, a pinch of salt and the bay leaf; bring to a simmer. Cover the pan and reduce the heat to low. Cook 25 minutes, or until the rice is tender and the water has evaporated. (If liquid remains after the rice is done, drain it in a sieve.)
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Heat the butter in a large high-sided skillet over medium heat. Add the leeks and celery and season with 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Cook until tender, about 10 minutes.
• Add the flour to the vegetables and stir until well combined. Pour in the milk and bring to a simmer, whisking to prevent any lumps. Add the cream, chicken stock, thyme, nutmeg and 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Simmer over low heat until the floury taste dissipates, about 5 minutes.
• Add the cooked chicken, wild rice (minus the bay leaf) and half of the cheese and heat until the cheese melts.
• Put the crushed crackers in a heavy plastic bag and add 1/4 teaspoon pepper and the olive oil. Shake to combine and set aside.
• Rub a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with a thin layer of soft butter. Pour the chicken mixture into the dish and top with the remaining cheese. Bake 25 minutes.
• Pull the dish from the oven, sprinkle the cracker mixture over the top and bake until the crackers turn golden brown and the mixture bubbles in the center, 15 to 20 more minutes. Serve immediately.

CHICKEN AND WILD RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cook the long-grain and wild rice mixes according to the package directions. Set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-by-13-by-2-inch casserole dish.
• In a large skillet, melt the butter. Add the mushrooms and onions and saute until the onions are translucent. Stir in the flour, cooking for 2 to 3 minutes. Slowly stir the broth (and reserved canned mushroom liquid if using) into the onion mixture, then stir in the half-and-half. Cook until the mixture has thickened, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Add the chicken, rice, toasted almonds, pimientos, parsley, salt and pepper into the wet mixture. Pour everything into the prepared casserole dish and bake, uncovered, until most of the liquid has been absorbed, 30 to 45 minutes.

EASY CHICKEN AND WILD RICE HOT DISH

Steps:

• Empty contents of Rice a Roni box, 2 tblsps. butter, seasoning packet,.
• 1 2/3 cup water, bay leaf and chicken broth base into large frying pan. Bring to a boil, stir and cover. Turn heat to low. Cook 25 minutes.
• Remove bay leaf.
• Pour into large bowl and cover. Set aside.
• Preheat oven 375*.
• In frying pan, heat 2 tblsp. butter. Add chopped green onions, celery, salt and pepper. Saute until slightly golden.
• Stir in flour, evaporated milk, water. Wisk until mixed and creamy, about five minutes. Take off heat.
• Add sour cream, thyme, nutmeg. Mix.
• Add vegetable cream, chicken, half of the cheese to bowl.
• Coat 9 X 13 pan with remaining butter. Pour rice chicken cheese mix into.
• pan. Top with remaining cheese. Bake 25 minutes.
• Shake crackers in bag with olive oil.rack.
• Take out of oven, add crackers to the top. Bake 15 minutes until golden.
• Note: This dish can be baked without crackers. Then reheated with crackers on top, until hot and browned.